ArtBabble

ArtBabble is a cloud based video hosting service for art content [1] and has been called the ” YouTube of the arts”. [2] It was launched in April 2009 and won the 2010 “Best of the Web” award at the Museums and the Web Conference. [3] The original design and hosting is provided by the Indianapolis Museum of Art . [4]

ArtBabble partners include the following: [5]

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

J. Paul Getty Museum

Hammer Museum

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art

The New York Public Library

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Jose Museum of Art

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Van Gogh Museum

References

Jump up^ Presentation, Museums and the Web Conference, 2009.

Jump up^ Ruth Jamieson,ArtBabble: The YouTube of the arts, The Guardian , April 14, 2009.

Jump up^ Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners! ,Archives & Museum Informatics, April 16, 2010.

Jump up^ Kate Taylor,ArtBabble Site Opens Window to World of Museums, New York Times , April 6, 2009.